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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: Why does Emacs lack `backward-delete-word`? |
Date: | Sun, 06 Mar 2016 10:44:07 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I should have been clearer, sorry. `backward-kill-word` kills. I wonder > why there is no corresponding command to delete instead. Emacs's UI generally assumes that the difference between "delete" and "kill" is sufficiently minor that the trouble of providing both versions is higher than the gain. IOW, use M-y (or a prefix arg to C-y) to get to the kill you care about. Stefan
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